The Måbø Tunnel ( no, Måbøtunnelen) is a tunnel along

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in the municipality of

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county,

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. The tunnel is the longest of the four tunnels in the Måbø Valley. It was completed in 1984 and was officially opened together with the other tunnels in 1986. The road and its tunnel system replaced the narrow and difficult road through the Måbø Valley that was opened in 1916. The old route through the Måbø Valley has been preserved as a hiking and cycling route. The route has been included in the

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and was protected by the

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in 2009. On August 15, 1988, a bus carrying schoolchildren and parents from

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suffered a brake failure in the Måbø Tunnel and drove into the tunnel wall. Sixteen people died in the

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, including 12 children 11 and 12 years old.

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Måbø Tunnel
at Norgeskart Road tunnels in Vestland 1986 establishments in Norway Tunnels completed in 1986 Norwegian National Road 7 {{Norway-tunnel-stub